ok so here are some photos...
from the sea olympics, me with Krishnan (my host in India), Steph and I at the service visit at a Dalit Village in India, a shot of Penang, Malaysia at night, and Mitch, Ben, Steph, Erica and I on the MV Explorer!! Hope you enjoy!
I know I'm behind on blog posts...since I haven't gotten Malaysia up yet...but I am in Vietnam right now and I LOVE it and while I have free internet for a little while, I'll post some more photos. Vietnam is crazy- in a nutshell, my last 4 days. Arrive Ho Chi Minh City at noon..go to a tailor to get a dress made (which I have to pick up tomorrow) and explore the markets for awhile...too long probably. Then dropped everything off, showered, got ready, went out to a fabulous Vietnamese restauarant, then to a German pub for a little while, then to a club called Apocalyse Now which was just insane. Slept for about an hour, caught a ride to the airport...had issues at the airport and had to buy a new ticket to Hanoi. The runway in Hanoi was flooded so we landed at some tiny airport that only has 3 outgoing flights a day. After some interesting conversations, figured we were only about an hour and a half from HaLong Bay, so we caught a cab there...rented a riverboat for the day- went kayaking, saw the limestone caves, had lunch, it was beautiful. Then it took about 6 hours to get to Hanoi because there were flash flood warnings - people were literally up to their wastes in water. We didn't think we would make it into the city, but our cab driver was amazing, despite his lack of English and by midnight we made it to our hotel- which by the way is gorgeous and in a great location and the staff is so helpful. Yesterday and today all we have done is a TON of sightseeing and LOTS of shopping. We have to check bags on the way back...that's how much we have bought. I'll obviously write more details...but thats the jist. I can't wait to post photos from Nam because the monsoon that we experienced was like nothing I've ever witnessed!!!
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